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What is Wind?
We all know that warm air rises, but how does this scientific fact influence our weather and create those flows of air molecules that we know of as wind? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explains where wind comes from, what factors...
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What If Your Arm Falls Off Right After a Vaccine?
If you lost your arm almost immediately after being vaccinated, would you still be vaccinated?
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What Happens When Matter is Pushed to the Extreme
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
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What Happens to Your Body if You Drink Heavy Water?
What is heavy water, and is it safe to drink? Heavy water, or deuterium oxide, has some pretty important scientific applications. But what would happen to your body if you actually drank it? Hosted by Hank Green.
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What Happens to My Wool Sweater in the Washer?
Be careful with your wool. Unless you want a nice piece of felt with some holes in it.
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What Happens If A Plane Gets Struck By Lightning?
If you're flying on a plane in a thunderstorm, you should be more worried about the wind than the lightning.
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What Does Ultrasound Gel Do?
You may have had an ultrasound before, and wondered what that gel does. Well, that weird alien goop has a purpose, and it has to do with being like our weird human skin.
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What are Superfluids and Why Are They Important?
Can you imagine a cup of tea that doesn't obey the laws of physics? One that pours out of the bottom of your cup while crawling up the sides to the top? Join Hank Green for a fun new SciShow super episode all about superfluids!
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What are Scars?
Almost everyone has a scar that tells a story, but have you ever wondered why exactly scars form in the first place?
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How People Have Evolved to Live in the Clouds
High elevations can be a problem for humans. Since the air is thinner, you get less oxygen with every breath, leading to all kinds of negative side effects. But there are millions of people around the world who spend their whole lives at...
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How Michael Faraday Changed the World with a Magnet | Great Minds
From a blacksmith's son, to one of the most repeated names in physics textbooks, Michael Faraday epitomized the spirit of scientific exploration
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How Long Has Health Care Existed on Earth?
We know modern day healthcare to be a world of expensive premiums, long wait times and frustrating hospital bills. However health care has existed long before insurance premiums and online portals! Curious about when healthcare for...
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How Honey Fights Deadly Bacteria
Believe it or not, that cute bear bottle has serious bacteria fighting power—but how? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow all about the amazing properties of honey!
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How Herpes Can Actually Be Good For You
Can having Herpes actually have benefits? While herpes viruses cause harmful or annoying afflictions like chickenpox and cold sores, there’s also evidence it can help your immune system fight unrelated attackers. Join Olivia Gordon for a...
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How Dogs Really Listen to Us, and How Pufferfish Puff
This week on SciShow News: Animals! New research has found how dogs actually listen to us in more complex ways than you probably thought, and also figured out how a kind of pufferfish gets its puff up.
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How Does a Photon Become a Film Photo?
The chemistry behind film photography is pretty fascinating. How do film cameras help us turn light into a physical image?
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How Do Wetsuits Keep You Warm?
Snorkelers, surfers, divers. They all use them… wetsuits! So how do they work to keep you warm? It turns out layers of materials, and water itself!
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How Do Turtles Live So Long?
We all know turtles live an amazingly long time, but what's their secret? And can we apply it to humans?
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How Do Honey Bees Survive Natural Disasters?
Honey bees may be small, but they manage to survive some pretty big disasters. Whether it’s hurricanes, wildfires, or even volcanoes, honey bees seem to have a plan for everything.
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How Climate Change Helped Dinosaurs Take Over
New research suggests climate change in the past might have helped dinosaurs spread across the world. And modern climate change is revealing some of the things they left behind.
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How Can a Saw Know What It’s Cutting?
Table saws, while quite useful for woodworking, are also dangerous machines, which is why some incredible safety mechanisms have been invented to help you remain one with your body parts. Hosted by: Stefan Chin
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How 18th-Century Medicine Killed George Washington
What killed George Washington? Turns out it was probably related to the bloodletting and other 18th-century medicine his doctors applied.
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Have We Discovered a Cure for Cancer... on Accident?
Is there actually a cure for cancer? A universal cure would be a truly historic achievement in medicine, and it seems that scientists may have found it... by accident. Watch this new episode of SciShow and find out more! Hosted by: Hank...
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Hacking the Brain: The Future of Prosthetics
We usually think of 'hacking' as a bad thing, but scientists are working on ways to hack the brain that will greatly benefit people with prosthetics, and maybe someday people with paralysis.